Doll head



S. MARCUS Feb. 10, 1931.

DOLL HEAD Filed Aug. 28, 1928 INVENTORI Jamaal Marcia /f/ 1 2', A ORNQ Patented Feb. 10, 1 931 UNITED- STA ES F TENT f' Q F SAMUEL Mamas, or RIVERDALE, NEW YORK, nssienoa ro. MARKON luanuracainn- Y a me 00., me; or NEW YORK, -1\T. Y.,n CORPORATION ornnw YQRK i V DOLL This invention relatesto an improvement in doll heads. 7

An object of the invention is'to providev 1e quickly and convenientlyand precisely locating the eye sets, and being of a character such that parts of the eye set may be'readily impaled thereinto for retaining the eye 7 set against dislodgment. V

A more detailed object is to provide a doll head having the usual eye, openings in its frontal wall and having parts to which an eye set may be attached, and said doll head also having suitable shoulder or abutment parts provided therein upon opposite walls of-thel' head,either horizontally or vertically, adapted to receive widely spaced portions of the eye set for thereby definitely positioning the eye set preparatory to fastening the eye set within the head. v I .A further object is to provide wall parts within the head associated with said shoul ders or abutments respectively and co-opera' tive therewith to receive and retain the eye set. V

more or less specific thanthose referred to a above, 'will'be in part obvious and in' part pointed out in the course of the following description of the elements, combinations, arrangements of parts and applications of principles constituting the invention; and the scope'of protection contemplated will be indicate d in the appended claim.

to be taken as a part of this specification, and

in which I have shown merely a preferred form of embodiment of the invention Fig. 1 isa vertical sectional view through' a portion of a doll head showing the sameas Other objects and. aimsof .theinvention,

In the accompanying drawings which are being provided with shoulder or abutment HEAD 7 Application fiIedAugust 28, 1928. Serial No. 302,548.

' Fig. 3is a verticalsectional view zthrough the :frontwall. ofa'doll head showing a modi fied arrangement of the shoulders orabutments, these parts being. here shown arranged one above theother for accommodatmg a vertical eye set carrier whereas in the structure "Figs." 1 and-2 said parts are arranged ,horivzontally opposite to each other for accommo- "dating'ahorizontal eye set carrier, and

Fig.4 is a fragmentary detail viewillustrating the use of a. separate insert moulded or otherwise attached inthe doll "head proparts inaccordviding shoulder or abutment ance with this invention.

In the patent to Konolf head having portions of its frontal wall, in the region between the two eye openings, arranged as abutments to be engaged by parts of the eye set carrier for limiting forward 1,621,072 issued March 15th,-1927, there is illustrated a doll movement ofthe carrier toward said eye of the carrier preparatoryto the final act openings, thereby to determine the position.

ofattaching the carrier rigidly within the head. The eye set carriershown'in saidpatent includes attachmgp'arts which arespacedaway from the mentioned abutmentengaging parts.

By the present "set carrier shall be brought into closer proxinventionit is contemplated :that the abutment engaging partsof the eye.

imity to the attaching parts of said carrier,

and it is proposed accordingly that the head, which is generally-indicated in the "drawing by the referencecharacter L, shall be provided with shoulders or abutments as G and H upon theoppositewalls thereof,-,both facing rearwardl-y, and being in a' vertical plane which is 'predeterminedvwithrespect. to the vertical plane ofthe, eye "openings 1 and 2 'ofthe head; y l i I 3 These vabutments are also, preferably. jargagedby the attaching members of the eye set carrier for holding said. carrier inoperativegposition as clearly indicated.

- The abutments stand in a common substan ranged adjacent to wall .surfaceparts as 3 ind tially vertical plane and have a suitable sur-V face extent so that said carrier may be adjustably moved to any selected position in said vertical plane as maybe desired for properly positioning the eyes, as and 6 of the eye set Withintheheadopenings;1- and 2preparatory to fasteningthe carrier Withinpthe'head. Both the Wall parts 3-and 4:, and the abutnients G ZlQCl III, may be, and preferably are,

{ of a characterlto permit the'eye set carrier 7 to be attached iii-position by being'impaled and t may be of a character such that tangs orother fastening or locating devices providediuponrtheeyeiset may be impaled therein said Wall parts or abutments if desired, and to this end the modification Fig.4 sug- V gests that if preferred said-Wall parts and 1,5 abutments may be provided upon members as ,rFiga l, moulded or otherwise: attached in l position; Within the i doll head; said 1 members f being iniithiscase formed ofmaterial, such as :awoo'd or the :like, ,which is particularly :Welhadapted fo-r'the impaling of the attach- \ing-partsi ofzthe eye set thereinto.

ltztvillbe understood of course that the :Wood pulp orother similar composition it lS S0111etlIl16S sufiicienthowever to make the;

abutments and Wall partsboth as integral portionsof'thematerialof thehead.

' Also,'-ininstances-where the eye set is to 1% be=attached by other means than by being zimpaled into the" head, the abutmentsand *WillfPtHtS IIltlY be moulded as integral features ofithe interior Wall-surtaceof the head.

)Given; a=do1l head having the spaced abutments as G and 'H therein with theiradj "}centwallpartsBand-4, and an eye set'of-the' gener'al type indicatedf-the operator has 4-6 n'ier'ely to intr-oduce'the eyeset into the head witht he two eye portion's '5" and 6 Within the 11' eyeiiopenings 1 and" 2 "and Withthe opposite w'WlQlBly spaced from--each. other; across the regionof the; eye openings so as two-be engaged by correspondingly spaced portions of.- the eyelset. avoidslthenecessity for extreme accuracy sinceany; slight variation in the details of thezmanutactured productiwill be considterably minimiz eddntheir effectupon the fit ends of the carrier part 8 of the eye set resting :upon the jabutments, and then fastening the carrierportion-imposition-as by driving f set against-or into the walls 3 and 4.

1 The abutments G' and may directly receivetheattachi-ng members 9 andlO, as-indi- :cated 'in- Figs. 1 a-nd 2,- for limiting forward :mOvement of theset toward the frontal Wall na-ain body part :of the carrier as in Fig. 3, according'ito-preference and design.

" Wheneither-the attachingmembers;or the carrier, as the case may be,is broughtto rest I :upon thei'abutments the move ment of the Lil "canriertoyvardlthe frontal Wall -ceases,.and it n'fisot course intended that the relationship n GU . .and {the Vertical plane; of the eye. openings is .such :that .at (this mon entgthe eyeballs will have moved ibnward 1 into the r eye openings 'Vbetiveenthe, vertical-planeof the-abntments c Fi a i just thmdesired distance 1 The carrier may now be shifted to a suitable extent in a ver- .tical plane, that is with the carrier, or the 'attachingmembers, resting upon theabutments, until the eye balls are centered with the desired accuracy Within the eye openings.

This having-been done the operation of driving thefattachmg menibershome' for fixing into if desired. p v ,;The;abutments may receive nnpaledthereinto for example one or more-forwardly proieoting-,tangs or prickpoints as 11 ,provided upon the; :eye i set [for guarding; against any lateral movement; of the-eye set dur ng the xtimawhile i-the: attach ng dev ces areblemg driven home;

Therwalls 3 and 4t, have impaledthereinto for exampleone ormoreftangs or. prickpoints as, 12 provided upon ztheieye set parts of the'attach ng devices. 1

twill be seen from the'foregoingthat a head constructed, in; accordance with ;th1s 1nventlon presents no moulding d fficulties.

'lhe abutments .and t'he' opposing .Wall parts may readily lieprovided during the mould ing operation'and ithout: in any WZWYVCOEH- plicatingisaid operation, Once the. dies, are

prepared from whichto mould the head any number ofiheads may-be produced fromsaid moulds: all bearingexactly the same relationsln'p'as'between the; ey'eyopenings and the abutments and the; opposing Wall parts so a that machine; made eye sets maybe quickly and easily attached Within said head with great BlEQIQfiCY and substantially:uniform accuracy. Thetactgthat the abutments are of 'thezeye balls within @the eye openings.

I That. is gto :say for instancelthat the effect ,MOf-thef head: they {maydimcfly receive the g of; a slightmisplacement of one of the. abut- ;ments duato; .shrinkageor other; causes, will be reduced lay approximately; 5(lper cent in a utme t V Moreover bothend portions of the eye set .rier, .tO:WlfllCl1.- the eye .balls are-connected will ofcourse be definitely located inconse- A a ehe eebfild the we Fin-11 1 18 carrierwill be positively snpported in, a definite location, andthemid-portion ofthe carconstruction Without departing from the scope of the invention as defined in the following claim, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description, or shown" n the accompanying drawings, shall be interpretedfas illustrative only andnot in a limiting sense.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patentis:' r

7 As an article of manufacture, a doll head i having the usual eye sockets in front wall and having other walls extending rearwardly from said front wall, one of said men- .tioned other walls being constructed interiorly of the head to provide'a rearwardly facing abutment thereon, and an opposite one of said mentioned other walls being constructed interiorly of the head to provide a second rearwardly facing abutment thereon so that said two abutments are spaced apart at opposite sides of the region of the eye openings in predetermined relation to said i eye openings and facing in a common direction away from said openings to serve as stops for receiving an eye set thereagainst 1n operative relation to said'eye openings, said mentioned other walls being also constructed to provide wall surfaces adjacent said abut ments respectively to be engaged by attaching means of the eye setfor there fixing the eye set with respect to saidabutments, each" abutment'being in right angular relation to its respective adjacent wall surface, the abutments conslstlng of fiat surfaces facing rearwardly of the head and the wall surfaces be ing fiat and facing toward each other and extending rearwardly from the respective abutments, and the material providing all said wall surfaces and abutments being of a character rendering it readily penetrable by prongs of the eye set driven .thereinto.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature.

SAMUEL MARCUS. 

